float

• buoy; something that floats; air container on the underside of a seaplane (enables flotation); vehicle for carrying an exhibit in a parade; soft drink or furit juice with ice cream floating in it; milkshake with ice cream floating in it
stay on the surface of a liquid; drift; vacillate; cause to float, set afloat; flood; hover; establish; sell stock
if something is floating in a liquid, it is lying or moving slowly on the surface.
something that floats through the air moves slowly through it, because it is very light.
if you float a plan, idea, or suggestion, you introduce it to other people, who may decide whether to use it or not.
if a director or a government floats a company, they sell shares in it to the public.
if a government floats its country's currency, or things like prices or interest rates float, their values are allowed to change freely without interference.
a float is a light object that is used to help someone or something float in water.
a float is also a lorry that is decorated in some way and often carries people in costume as part of a festival procession.
a float is also a small amount of money that shopkeepers keep in their cash till before they start selling things in order to be able to give customers change if necessary.